
John Lithgow
Biography
John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award.…
Filmography
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005 · 10.0

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
1996 · 10.0

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
1993 · 10.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999 · 8.7

Dexter: Resurrection
2025 · 8.6

Twenty Good Years
2006 · 8.5

VH1 Goes Inside
2003 · 8.5

Officer Buckle and Gloria
1997 · 8.5

Interstellar
2014 · 8.5

Dexter
2006 · 8.2

The Crown
2016 · 8.2

How I Met Your Mother
2005 · 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · 8.1

The Simpsons
1989 · 8.0

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018 · 8.0

Shrek Stories
2013 · 8.0

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
1993 · 8.0

Secret Service
1977 · 8.0

Tales from the Crypt
1989 · 8.0

Dexter: New Blood
2021 · 7.9

Prohibition
2011 · 7.9

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014 · 7.8

Shrek
2001 · 7.8

Frasier
1993 · 7.7

Cabrini
2024 · 7.7

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019 · 7.6

All That Jazz
1979 · 7.5

3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · 7.5

Amazing Stories
1985 · 7.5
Baby Girl Scott
1987 · 7.5
Not in Front of the Children
1982 · 7.5

30 Rock
2006 · 7.5

Miss Sloane
2016 · 7.4

Einstein's Big Idea
2005 · 7.4

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021 · 7.4

Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · 7.4

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · 7.4

Blow Out
1981 · 7.3

Perry Mason
2020 · 7.2

Best of Enemies
2015 · 7.2

Conclave
2024 · 7.2

The Old Man
2022 · 7.2

The Accountant
2016 · 7.1

Terms of Endearment
1983 · 7.1

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995 · 7.1

NOVA
1974 · 7.1

Trial & Error
2017 · 7.0

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003 · 7.0

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982 · 7.0

Mom, the Wolfman and Me
1980 · 7.0

Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
2018 · 7.0

The Boys
1991 · 7.0

95 Worlds and Counting
2000 · 7.0

The Colbert Report
2005 · 7.0

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · 6.9

Leap Year
2010 · 6.9

Sharper
2023 · 6.9

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013 · 6.8

World War II: When Lions Roared
1994 · 6.8

The Day After
1983 · 6.8

Bombshell
2019 · 6.8

Memphis Belle
1990 · 6.8

Dreamgirls
2006 · 6.7

Footloose
1984 · 6.7

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000 · 6.7

The World According to Garp
1982 · 6.7

2010
1984 · 6.7

Obsession
1976 · 6.7

Kinsey
2004 · 6.6

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 · 6.6

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991 · 6.6

The Pelican Brief
1993 · 6.6

Spellbound
2024 · 6.6

Cliffhanger
1993 · 6.5

The Homesman
2014 · 6.5

Pitch Perfect 3
2017 · 6.5

Jimpa
2026 · 6.5

Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · 6.5

Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009 · 6.5

A Civil Action
1998 · 6.5

Late Night
2019 · 6.4

Santa Claus: The Movie
1985 · 6.4

Daddy's Home 2
2017 · 6.3

Love Is Strange
2014 · 6.3

Don Quixote
2000 · 6.3

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
2001 · 6.3

Resting Place
1986 · 6.3

The Manhattan Project
1986 · 6.2

Timms Valley
2013 · 6.2

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1984 · 6.2

The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025 · 6.1

Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · 6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · 6.1

Great Performances
1971 · 6.1

Cosby
1996 · 6.1

Ricochet
1991 · 6.1

Raising Cain
1992 · 6.0

Orange County
2002 · 6.0

Shrek 3-D
2004 · 6.0

Car of the Future
2008 · 6.0

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
2013 · 6.0

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · 6.0

This Is 40
2012 · 5.9

The Big Fix
1978 · 5.9

Out Cold
1989 · 5.9

New Year's Eve
2011 · 5.9

The Campaign
2012 · 5.8

Distant Thunder
1988 · 5.8

The Tomorrow Man
2019 · 5.8

Pet Sematary
2019 · 5.8

Beatriz at Dinner
2017 · 5.7

The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest
2014 · 5.7

Princess Caraboo
1994 · 5.6

9 Kisses
2014 · 5.5

Homegrown
1998 · 5.5

Johnny Skidmarks
1998 · 5.4

Silent Fall
1994 · 5.3

Hollow Point
1996 · 5.3

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972 · 5.3
Dogs and More Dogs
2004 · 5.2

The Wrong Man
1993 · 5.1

John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert
1990 · 5.0

A Good Man in Africa
1994 · 4.9

Rich Kids
1979 · 4.9

Ivory Hunters
1990 · 4.9

Mesmerized
1985 · 4.8

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
2009 · 4.7

The Bubble
2022 · 4.6

Love, Cheat & Steal
1993 · 4.5

The Glitter Dome
1984 · 4.5

The Oldest Living Graduate
1980 · 4.0

Traveling Man
1989 · 4.0

Harry Potter
2026 · 0.0

Chez Bob
2022 · 0.0

Show of Titles
2021 · 0.0
Lord John
2015 · 0.0

Giant
2026 · 0.0
Sangre
2006 · 0.0

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021 · 0.0

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · 0.0

The Amazing Bone
1987 · 0.0

Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990 · 0.0

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
2009 · 0.0

The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge
2006 · 0.0

Myths and Hymns
2021 · 0.0

They All Saw a Cat
2017 · 0.0
Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
2016 · 0.0

Bark, George
2003 · 0.0